VOA NEWS: LEADERS IN NIGERIA'S RESTIVE NIGER DELTA REJECT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ......s restive oil-rich Niger Delta have unanimously rejected...jamboree as some fear". Lidum Mitte is the President of...action done in the Niger Delta. People believe that...Clottey Interview With Lidum Mitte - Download (MP3): http...Clottey Interview With Lidum ...

Roundup: Vandalism rampant Niger delta region of Nigeria

Xinhua News Agency;  July 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Roundup: Vandalism rampant Niger delta region of Nigeria -- By Bosen' and Li...200 foreigners have been seized in the Niger Delta since early 2006. Though almost all...groups have since mushroomed in the Niger Delta and have taken advantage of the breakdown...

Writethru: Nigeria not to seek foreign aid over Niger Delta: FM

Xinhua News Agency;  October 15, 2008 ;     323 words ......Nigeria not to seek foreign aid over Niger Delta: FM LAGOS, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria...Government has said the situation in the Niger Delta would not be allowed to degenerate into...Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe said the Niger Delta situation was not beyond the Federal...

Indian workers flee Niger Delta after abductions

The Hindustan Times;  June 11, 2007 ;     370 words ......workers including Indians are fleeing the Niger Delta in Nigerial because of unending abductions...Natty, said about 3,000 people of the Niger Delta employed by the company might also lose...government backing to provide security. Niger Delta militants abducted 11 Indians - seven...

VOA NEWS: NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA MILITANTS ISSUE NEW THREAT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 16, 2007 ;     658 words ......Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said it intends to spread its...questions of the Ijaw people of the Niger Delta region. He told VOA that the problem of the Niger Delta is a Nigeria problem. "The other regions...

Nigeria loses 58 bln dollars to Niger Delta crisis: lawmaker

Xinhua News Agency;  October 17, 2007 ;     395 words ...Nigeria loses 58 bln dollars to Niger Delta crisis: lawmaker LAGOS, Oct. 16 (Xinhua...nine years owing to the violence in the Niger Delta, said a Nigerian senator in chargeof the Niger Delta Peace and Conflict Resolution Committee...

VOA NEWS: NIGERIANS CALL FOR RELEASE OF NIGER DELTA SEPARATIST LEADER

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 14, 2007 ;     566 words ......trial judge. Dokubo-Asari, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, has been detained...treason. He comes from the oil-rich Niger delta region, and militant groups there have...the root causes of the problems in the Niger Delta. "You cannot solve the problem through...

Nigeria could lose 1 billion dollars to Niger Delta crisis this year:...

Xinhua News Agency;  March 7, 2006 ;     281 words ...Nigeria could lose 1 billion dollars to Niger Delta crisis this year: minister LAGOS, March...activities of militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta. If the trend of disturbing production...Oritsejafor said the situation in the Niger Delta had great implication on the global...

VOA NEWS: NIGER DELTA MILITANT GROUP CALLS CEASEFIRE IN NIGERIA OIL REGION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 11, 2008 ;     429 words ......the main militant group in the Niger Delta has called for a ceasefire. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) made the announcement Thursday...Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, the government has recognized...

Nigerian gov't urged to deal with water pollution in Niger Delta

Xinhua News Agency;  April 24, 2005 ;     329 words ......urged to deal with water pollution in Niger Delta LAGOS, April 24 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian...has been urged to declare the oil-rich Niger Delta a disaster zone and deploy an emergency...water samples taken from across the Niger Delta. According to the research done by the...

ECOWAS calls for peaceful resolution to Niger Delta crisis

Xinhua News Agency;  May 10, 2006 ;     258 words ...ECOWAS calls for peaceful resolution to Niger Delta crisis ABUJA, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The...toward peace in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region. The area has recently witnessed...satisfaction with the May 7 declaration by Niger Delta militants who promised a cease fire...

Shell loses 14 billion dollars to Niger Delta crisis: company official

Xinhua News Agency;  October 18, 2007 ;     394 words ...Shell loses 14 billion dollars to Niger Delta crisis: company official LAGOS, Oct...dollars to militant insurgency in the Niger Delta region, according to Basil Omiyi, the...down production in most of the Western Niger Delta. According to him, apart from production...

Niger Delta: THE TRUE STORY

New African;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......dependent on resources existing in the Niger Delta where the mere whisper of unrest sends...threaten Nigeria's oil production. The Niger Delta is a vast system of wetlands and forests...geographic definition. Today, however, the Niger Delta is more widely referred to as a political...

Nigerian president to summon Niger Delta governors over master plan

Xinhua News Agency;  June 22, 2007 ;     414 words ...Nigerian president to summon Niger Delta governors over master plan LAGOS, June...peace and fast- track development in the Niger Delta region, Nigerian President Umaru Yar...would soon summon governors of the nine Niger Delta states to the State House over the implementation...

VOA NEWS: NIGER DELTA CONFLICT, LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE MAJOR ISSUES IN...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......story: By Darren Taylor Violence in the Niger Delta region and the lack of power and poor...VOA'S Darren Taylor reports on the Niger Delta conflict and the lack of infrastructure...of Ibadan, says the violence in the Niger Delta, where rebels have been abducting foreign...